World War, 1939-1945
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Theodore Dorie Friend Collection
The collection includes material from throughout the 20th century relating to various political and regional events and trends during this time period in Southeast Asia.
United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School papers
Vose family papers
Photograph of Royden M. Vose in his automobile. Diary of Elizabeth Vose, 1945, describing events at the end of World War II, her social life, her work and her friends; photographs of Elizabeth as a young woman.
William F. Fuerst papers
Freshman beanie, freshman deskbook, and Senior Week Program, Class of 1939; doggerel about Cornell University President Deane W. Malott, collected by Bill Fuerst, ca. 1956; and buttons from Homecoming and various athletic events at Cornell.
World War II servicemen alumni files
Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and biographical data concerning Cornell University alumni who died during World War II.
WWII sexual humor postcards
Seventeen illustrated postcards from a series depicting French and British soldiers propositioning or making out with French women, largely on farms and in villages but with a few urban scenes, as well. Each card includes a caption giving dialogue, often with sexual double-entendres, sexist comments, and mockery of types of female bodies suggested to be unattractive. Some of the scenes depict street prostitution, and many portray the young women in various states of undress.